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• Teen singer Baker moved by the gospel

  LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Spensha Baker isn't your typical teen singer. Possessing a powerful voice that draws comparisons to

  Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin, the 15-year-old is breaking into music by way of gospel.

  "I didn't choose gospel -- it's in my heart," Baker says on the phone from her Converse, Texas, home. "I can't picture myself singing for anyone else but God and sharing his message with everyone. But I'm doing it my way."

  That way is showcased on her Geffen debut, "Outloud!" (August 5). Lead single "Hallelujah," originally recorded by gospel icons the Clark Sisters, reflects the exuberant, message-oriented material that makes up the album.

  Guest producers Warryn Campbell (Mary Mary), Tim Miner (Steve Perry), Shep Crawford (Whitney Houston) and Eric Dawkins (Fantasia) weave Baker's testimony within an R&B/pop fabric threaded at times with a traditional feel.

  "The message is to live your life out loud," Baker says. "Don't go through life closing yourself off. Let people see you for what you are."

  Geffen chairman Ron Fair sees Baker as "the truth. She's got that God-given tone that's handed out so rarely."

  Fair witnessed Baker's talent firsthand as a judge for "American Idol" precursor "Star Search." Although the then-12-year-old finalist didn't win the competition, she did earn a Geffen contract. Baker's commanding voice has been nurtured since the age of 7 by her mom, Marcy, who also serves as her only child's manager.

  Baker is up for whatever challenges lie ahead. "Because I'm young and doing gospel, a lot of odds are against me," she says. "But in the end, I believe I'll have the victory."

  Reuters/Billboard

  ...(more) - 07 26 2008 2:21PM

• Leigh's comedy shows there's hope in a dark world

  BERLIN (Reuters) - British director Mike Leigh holds up ahilarious mirror to all the grumpy, miserable, nasty andcynical people in

  the world with an entertaining comedy aboutan incorrigibly optimistic and carefree London school teacher.

  Fittingly called "Happy-Go-Lucky," Leigh's light-heartedfilm drew laughs and warm applause at its world premiere onTuesday from an audience of Berlin Film Festival critics whohad evidently grown weary of the gloomy films otherwiseoffered.

  "When we're in a world that's headed for disaster it'simportant to reject the growing fashion of being miserable-ist,pessimistic and gloomy," said Leigh, who turns 65 next week."It's a film that expresses an important feeling.

  "Whilst the world is in a bad way everywhere, people on theground are getting on with it. That's what the film's about.It's about a positive person who confronts things and dealswith them and who's not prepared to be negative."

  Sally Hawkins plays an irrepressible single north Londonprimary school teacher, Poppy, who won't let her miserabledriving instructor, her overbearing Flamenco instructor, anasty book store clerk or her unhappily pregnant sister get herdown.

  With an infectious spirit of optimism, she's alwayslaughing, smiling, cracking one-liners and isn't worried aboutthe possibility of becoming an old maid or having no pensionfund saved away -- as her sister reminds her.

  Even when the bicycle the 30-year-old teacher so happilyrides through the busy streets of London is stolen her firstthought is only: "I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye."

  Leigh, who had three Oscar nominations in 2005 for hisgritty film "Vera Drake," about a back-street abortionist in1950s London, said he was not deliberately trying to makenegative people look ridiculous.

  "There's certainly no nihilistic pleasure in showing thesepeople in a negative way. My job is to show people how theyare. There's good and bad. There's a lot of negative energy."

  The severe Spanish Flamenco instructor complains when Poppyarrives a minute late, snapping in all sincerity that in Spainpeople are "always on time." She also belittles the way Britonspronounce her home town Seville and ruin oranges for marmalade.

  The humorless driving instructor epitomizes the anger andfrustration of "Little England," blaming others and eruptinginto rage when anything goes even slightly wrong.

  "Even though it's a comedy it has a serious intent," Leighsaid. "It's to share with audiences its spirit so that in someway you might go and reflect on the way you live your life.

  "Aside from the realities of pain and suffering, I thinkit's equally important we take life and celebrate it whereverand however we can."

  (Editing by Catherine Evans)

  (To read more about our entertainment news, visit our blog"Fan Fare" online at http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/ )

  ...(more) - 02 13 2008 3:16PM

• Washingtonpost.com Revamps Homepage -- Increases Emphasis on Video

  
  Published: March 28, 2007 7:00 PM ET

  NEW YORK On Thursday The Washington Post's Web site will unveil a redesigned homep

  age, which is aimed at simplifying navigation and increasing the site's emphasis on video and multimedia content.

  The site will now load more quickly, and will also feature a multimedia strip that gives the site's video offerings a permanent showcase on the homepage.

  The modified washingtonpost.com homepage includes, for instance, an all-new "Smart Living" section that houses a brand new database of over 1000 recipes, as well as other content "meant to improve the quality and ease of readers lives," according to a release.

  "Our video team produces some of the best, most critically acclaimed work on the Web with awards ranging from Emmys to Murrows -- readers need to know how to find it," said Jim Brady, Executive Editor of washingtonpost.com in a statement.

  Brady said last week on a panel in New York that 85 of the Post's print reporters have now been trained with video cameras, and noted that the site is running "maybe five or six reporter-shot videos weekly."

  The page now has its editorial content in fixed positions allowing readers to always come to the site and find the same content in the same place. Rather than a full list of headlines, the homepage will now have representative headlines for each of its categories, with an option to expand the section into a larger list of top stories in that section.

  "Our goal was to design the home page to achieve two primary goals that are sometimes in conflict: helping people find what they're looking for and exposing them to new features on the site," said Brady in the statement. "We believe our homepage's fresh, streamlined re-design addresses those challenges."

  Aside from the recipes database (which includes an extensive compilation of recipe from the newspaper's food section over the years), the "Smart Living" section will also include a different topical focus each weekday, with rotating emphasis on Personal Finance, Health, Food, Home, and Fashion. The section also plans to add animated fitness demos, and an interactive gardening calendar.

  "Washingtonpost.com produces a lot of great lifestyle content -- we wanted to compile the best features that address how to live your life better, smarter and easier," said Nancy Kerr, the site's Assistant Managing Editor for Features in a written statement.

  
  --EP Staff (letters@editorandpublisher.com)

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  ...(more) - 09 27 2007 1:01PM